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Mowing Collection

"Mowing: A Timeless Tradition of Tending to Nature's Canvas" In the picturesque town of Hull

Background imageMowing Collection: August - the Chateau d Etampes, 15th century, (1939). Creator: Jean Limbourg

August - the Chateau d Etampes, 15th century, (1939). Creator: Jean Limbourg
August - the Chateau d Etampes, 15th century, (1939). Aout - Le Chateau D Etampes. Nobles ride out on a falconry expedition: the man on the right is a beater with long stick to flush out the game

Background imageMowing Collection: Children at Play, Hull Sailors Orphanage

Children at Play, Hull Sailors Orphanage
Children playing at the Hull Sailors Orphanage, also known as Newland Homes. The boys are in naval uniform. A gardener mows the grass

Background imageMowing Collection: The meridian Line also known as The Siesta, 1888-1889 (Oil on Canvas)

The meridian Line also known as The Siesta, 1888-1889 (Oil on Canvas)
7212109 The meridian Line also known as The Siesta, 1888-1889 (Oil on Canvas) by Gogh, Vincent van (1853-90); Musee d Orsay, Paris, France; (add.info.: The meridian Line also known as The Siesta)

Background imageMowing Collection: Farming / Mowing 1899

Farming / Mowing 1899
A mowing scene: the mower sharpens his blade with a stone

Background imageMowing Collection: Corn cutter hat reaping picking mowing harvest

Corn cutter hat reaping picking mowing harvest
Corn cutter with hat, seen from behind, reaping, picking, mowing, harvest, agricultural implements: sickle, Vincent van Gogh (signed by artist), 1863 - 1890, paper, chalk, pencil, brush

Background imageMowing Collection: July, Mowing (litho)

July, Mowing (litho)
8658112 July, Mowing (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: July, Mowing. Illustration for Old Village Life)

Background imageMowing Collection: Our Countryside, 1938: Haymaking (b/w photo)

Our Countryside, 1938: Haymaking (b/w photo)
8671506 Our Countryside, 1938: Haymaking (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Haymaking)

Background imageMowing Collection: Haymaking (colour litho)

Haymaking (colour litho)
8665893 Haymaking (colour litho) by Ball, Wilfrid Williams (1853-1917); Private Collection; (add.info.: Haymaking. Illustration for English Country Life by Walter Raymond (TN Foulis)

Background imageMowing Collection: The Shepherd's Calendar, 1848

The Shepherd's Calendar, 1848
3480125 The Shepherd's Calendar, 1848; (add.info.: The mower taking his ease with a pipe after haymaking. Illustration of August for John Clare 'The Shepherd's Calendar')

Background imageMowing Collection: Advertisement for a Selig, Sonnenthal & Co's 'Easy' Lawn Mower - a simple hand-powered cylinder lawn

Advertisement for a Selig, Sonnenthal & Co's "Easy" Lawn Mower - a simple hand-powered cylinder lawn
5308578 Advertisement for a Selig, Sonnenthal & Co's "Easy" Lawn Mower - a simple hand-powered cylinder lawn mower, 19th century; (add.info.: Advertisement for a Selig)

Background imageMowing Collection: A lawn mower

A lawn mower
5312170 A lawn mower; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a lawn mower fitted with a box for collecting the mowings. This was a cylinder machine, but had no roller in front of the cutters)

Background imageMowing Collection: Mowing corn with the scythe

Mowing corn with the scythe
6266207 Mowing corn with the scythe; (add.info.: Mowing corn with the scythe. From The Book of the Farm by Scottish farmer and agriculturalist Henry Stephens, 1795-1874)

Background imageMowing Collection: 8622888

8622888

Background imageMowing Collection: Engraving depicting a Gardner using a hand-powered cylinder lawn mower with roller blades

Engraving depicting a Gardner using a hand-powered cylinder lawn mower with roller blades
5308579 Engraving depicting a Gardner using a hand-powered cylinder lawn mower with roller blades and a box to collect the mowing's

Background imageMowing Collection: An Excelsior lawn mower

An Excelsior lawn mower
5312166 An Excelsior lawn mower; (add.info.: Engraving depicting an Excelsior lawn mower, fitted with a box for collecting the mowings)

Background imageMowing Collection: Mowing of the wheat in Beauce, France, c.1925 (photo)

Mowing of the wheat in Beauce, France, c.1925 (photo)
LUX4767437 Mowing of the wheat in Beauce, France, c.1925 (photo); (add.info.: France, Centre, Eure-et-Loir (28), Beauce: Mowing of the wheat. 3 horses pull a bind mower

Background imageMowing Collection: Two women working on the land, 1834-1911. Creator: Jozef Israels

Two women working on the land, 1834-1911. Creator: Jozef Israels
Two women working on the land, 1834-1911

Background imageMowing Collection: Gardener pushing lawn mower, posed to illustrate Rudyard Kipling's poem The Glory of the Garden

Gardener pushing lawn mower, posed to illustrate Rudyard Kipling's poem The Glory of the Garden
Gardener pushing lawn mower, posed to illustrate Rudyard Kipling's poem "The Glory of the Garden", 1917

Background imageMowing Collection: Cradling wheat near Sperryville, Virginia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cradling wheat near Sperryville, Virginia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cradling wheat near Sperryville, Virginia. A hand binder follows the mower. These men had never heard of a combine harvester. "Sure would like to see that." Their father used a reap hook

Background imageMowing Collection: Cradling wheat near Sperryville, Virginia. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cradling wheat near Sperryville, Virginia. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cradling wheat near Sperryville, Virginia. A hand binder follows the mower. These men had never heard of a combine harvester. "Sure would like to see that." Their father used a reap hook

Background imageMowing Collection: Dou Kee, Chinese servant, mowing the lawn, Dom Smith, Vladivostok, Russia, 1899

Dou Kee, Chinese servant, mowing the lawn, Dom Smith, Vladivostok, Russia, 1899. Creator: Eleanor Lord Pray
Dou Kee, Chinese servant, mowing the lawn, Dom Smith, Vladivostok, Russia, 1899. Showing scene described in Eleanor Pray's letter of May 28

Background imageMowing Collection: Harvest Time, date unknown (watercolour on paper)

Harvest Time, date unknown (watercolour on paper)
7528558 Harvest Time, date unknown (watercolour on paper) by Wint, Peter de (1784-1849); 49.5x29 cm; Gallery Oldham, UK; (add.info)

Background imageMowing Collection: The Mowers, c1891, (c1915). Artist: George Clausen

The Mowers, c1891, (c1915). Artist: George Clausen
The Mowers, c1891, (c1915). The painting is held by the Usher Gallery, Lincoln. From International Art: Past and Present by Alfred Yockney. [Virtue & Company, London, c1915]

Background imageMowing Collection: Scything grass, Whalley Abbey Gatehouse

Scything grass, Whalley Abbey Gatehouse Date: early 1900s

Background imageMowing Collection: Mowing

Mowing Date: 19th century

Background imageMowing Collection: Farming - Mowing machine Victorian period

Farming - Mowing machine Victorian period Date: 19th century

Background imageMowing Collection: Gardener mowing a lawn with a Thomas Green lawnmower

Gardener mowing a lawn with a Thomas Green lawnmower, Victorian period

Background imageMowing Collection: Advert, Samuelson's lawn mowing machines

Advert, Samuelson's lawn mowing machines
Advert, Samuelson's Registered Budding's lawn mowing machines, Britannia Works, Banbury Date: 1856

Background imageMowing Collection: Advert, T Green's lawn mowing and rolling machines

Advert, T Green's lawn mowing and rolling machines
Advert, T Green's New Invention in Lawn Mowing and Rolling Machines Date: 1856

Background imageMowing Collection: Maintenance of pitch before FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium

Maintenance of pitch before FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium
Mowing and weeding the Wembley Stadium pitch before the FA Cup Final Date: 1946

Background imageMowing Collection: Advert, R Hornsby & Sons, mowing and reaping machines

Advert, R Hornsby & Sons, mowing and reaping machines
Advert, R Hornsby & Sons, the best mowing and reaping machines, Grantham, England. Date: 1868

Background imageMowing Collection: June, from the Zodiac Window, 13th century (stained glass)

June, from the Zodiac Window, 13th century (stained glass)
PC129079 June, from the Zodiac Window, 13th century (stained glass) by French School, (13th century); Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France; (add.info.: earthly cycle of the year;)

Background imageMowing Collection: Ms 438 The Month of June: Reaping, from a Book of Hours, 1490 (vellum)

Ms 438 The Month of June: Reaping, from a Book of Hours, 1490 (vellum)
CHT202249 Ms 438 The Month of June: Reaping, from a Book of Hours, 1490 (vellum) by French School, (15th century); Bibliotheque de L'Arsenal, Paris, France; © Archives Charmet

Background imageMowing Collection: DDE-90034924

DDE-90034924
Hay harvest and haystack in the Apuseni Mountains, Scarisoara, Romania Date: 07/01/2009

Background imageMowing Collection: DDE-90034925

DDE-90034925
Hay harvest and haystack in the Apuseni Mountains, Scarisoara, Romania Date: 07/01/2009

Background imageMowing Collection: DDE-90034923

DDE-90034923
Hay harvest and haystack in the Apuseni Mountains, Scarisoara, Romania Date: 07/01/2009

Background imageMowing Collection: DDE-90034922

DDE-90034922
Hay harvest and haystack in the Apuseni Mountains, Scarisoara, Romania Date: 07/01/2009

Background imageMowing Collection: DDE-90034920

DDE-90034920
Hay harvest and haystack in the Apuseni Mountains, Scarisoara, Romania Date: 07/01/2009

Background imageMowing Collection: DDE-90034921

DDE-90034921
Hay harvest and haystack in the Apuseni Mountains, Scarisoara, Romania Date: 07/01/2009

Background imageMowing Collection: DDE-90034919

DDE-90034919
Hay harvest and haystack in the Apuseni Mountains, Scarisoara, Romania Date: 07/01/2009

Background imageMowing Collection: DDE-90034917

DDE-90034917
Hay harvest and haystack in the Apuseni Mountains, Scarisoara, Romania Date: 07/01/2009

Background imageMowing Collection: DDE-90034918

DDE-90034918
Hay harvest and haystack in the Apuseni Mountains, Scarisoara, Romania Date: 07/01/2009

Background imageMowing Collection: DDE-90034916

DDE-90034916
Hay harvest and haystack in the Apuseni Mountains, Scarisoara, Romania Date: 07/01/2009

Background imageMowing Collection: DDE-90034915

DDE-90034915
Hay harvest and haystack in the Apuseni Mountains, Scarisoara, Romania Date: 07/01/2009

Background imageMowing Collection: DDE-90034914

DDE-90034914
Hay harvest and haystack in the Apuseni Mountains, Scarisoara, Romania Date: 07/01/2009

Background imageMowing Collection: Mower, 1853, after drawing made in 1852. Creator: Jacques-Adrien Lavieille

Mower, 1853, after drawing made in 1852. Creator: Jacques-Adrien Lavieille
Mower, 1853, after drawing made in 1852

Background imageMowing Collection: The Mowing Peasant (bronze)

The Mowing Peasant (bronze)
3736824 The Mowing Peasant (bronze) by Graziosi, Giuseppe (1879-1942); Assicoop-Unipol Collection, Modena, Emilia Romagna

Background imageMowing Collection: The Mowing Peasant (bronze)

The Mowing Peasant (bronze)
3736823 The Mowing Peasant (bronze) by Graziosi, Giuseppe (1879-1942); 52x60x30 cm; Assicoop-Unipol Collection, Modena, Emilia Romagna



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"Mowing: A Timeless Tradition of Tending to Nature's Canvas" In the picturesque town of Hull, amidst the laughter and joy of children at play in the Hull Sailors Orphanage, a timeless scene unfolds. The sun casts its golden rays upon the lush green grass, as a gardener meticulously tends to nature's canvas with a Thomas Green lawnmower. The rhythmic sound of scything grass fills the air, reminiscent of days long gone by. Transporting us back to 15th century France, we find ourselves in August at the Chateau d Etampes. Jean Limbourg captures this idyllic moment on canvas - farmers mowing their fields under the warm summer sun. Their corn cutter hats glisten in harmony with their diligent efforts to reap and pick every precious harvest. Fast forward to 1888-1889, where we encounter "The Meridian Line, " also known as "The Siesta. " This masterpiece by an unknown artist showcases a tranquil countryside scene where mowing takes center stage. As if frozen in time, farmers utilize Victorian-era mowing machines to tame unruly meadows. Goodison Park emerges from our historical journey as home to Everton FC - not only a football stadium but also witness to countless hours spent perfecting its emerald pitch through meticulous mowing techniques. Samuelson's lawn mowing machines are advertised proudly alongside T Green's lawn mowers and rolling machines - testaments to innovation within this age-old practice. Whalley Abbey Gatehouse stands tall against time itself; its grounds maintained with utmost care using traditional scythes and modern farming equipment alike. Mowers become custodians of history here, preserving both natural beauty and heritage for generations yet unborn. As we reflect on these glimpses into humanity's relationship with land cultivation over centuries past, one thing becomes abundantly clear.